Today Team Canada beat out Team England in a 8-3 adjudicator decision to become the WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATING CHAMPIONS!!!
A Press Release is available here: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media from the victory is beginning to pour in:
- The Globe and Mail (Friday February 19)
- The Globe and Mail (Thursday February 18)
- The Globe and Mail (Thursday February 18)
- The Halifax Chronicle Harold
- The Calgary Herald
- The Vancouver Sun
- CBC Connect with Mark Kelley (last two minutes of the episode)
- Breakfast Television Toronto
- The Canadian Jewish News
- North Shore Outlook
- The Peninsula
- The Gulf Times
- The Gulf Times
- Business Wire
Way to go, Team Canada!
I am so proud of you guys!
Global came at lunch and did a story too, talking to all of us about it.
We’re all crazy proud too.
Congratulations to all of you, and props to Tracey especially for an amazing job with fundraising, profile building, and dedication. I’ll see you in Dundee!!!
Congratulations guys! Am SO proud of all of you!
Just bloody fantastic!
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What were the individual results?
A truly amazing achievement.
This probably will remain one of THE BEST WSDC ever.
Congrats everyone!
Hey Iqbal, congrats captain!!! What a proud moment for you.
A personal note from Veenu’s brother- Hey Iqbal, I am your biggest fan!!!You are just awesome!!!
Who won for best speaker? Must be Iqbal.
Congratulations on your most victorious win from all the debaters, coaches and supporters of debate in Saskatchewan! We’ve been following your journey and are so proud of you all. Tracey, your hard work and dedication to the team has been amazing and we’re glad to see it all pay off.
CONGRAAAAAAATSSSSS!! you guys are AMAZING! you deserve it
you made an inspiration for me
way to go Canada
and yeah, Iqbal and keenan you deserve to be the best speakers
WELL DONE.
Doesn’t matter who the best speaker is- it’s all about the team. The team has won the title and that is what matters. I truly believe all the nine speakers(even though four were spares) are world- class or they wouldn’t be there in the first place. This is a great group of debaters and each brings his own strength to the success of the team.
Whosoever won the best speaker is surely well deserving. If the judges have given a right decision for the team, I am sure they have given an equally right decision for the speaker too.
Just found out that Veenu go 5th place speaker and top speaker from Canada. Good Job Veenu, we heard that your speeches were outstanding and you truly deserved it. Good Job Iqbal, you led the team to victory this year!
another gd article
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/768115–canadian-teens-win-international-debating-championship
Congratulations! As a former team captain, I know first-hand how tough the WSDC is, the dedication required to succeed there, and the importance of this incredible accomplishment.
This is history! We are proud to be Canadians and to have such a brilliant group of nine: Sophie, Sara, Veenu, Keenan, Vinayak, Lyle, Andrew, Johnny and Iqbal and most importantly our most amazing Tracey Lee! Thanks to all and Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Team Canada Debate!! It is great to know that debate is alive and well. A special yippee to the Abe faction!
Thanks to everyone who followed our progress and posted words of support and encouragement. We really appreciated all the support from home. Tracey Lee